Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858, Amendment Act, 1870

PETTY SESSIONS CLERK (IRELAND) ACT 1858, AMENDMENT ACT 1870

CHAPTER LXIV.

An Act to amend the Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858. [9th August 1870.]

[Preamble recites the Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 100).]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858, Amendment Act, 1870.”

Order for amalgamation of districts may be rescinded.

2. Where any order has been made by the Lord Lieutenant under the provisions of the said Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858, that two or more petty sessions districts shall be served by one and the same person as clerk, and if after the making of the same the justices at quarter sessions for the division of the county in which such districts, or any of the same, are situate shall represent to the Lord Lieutenant that the service of such districts by one clerk is inconvenient, the Lord Lieutenant may rescind the said order by notice to be published in the Dublin Gazette, and to be notified to the clerk of the peace of the county in which the said districts are situate, by the chief or under secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, and thereupon such order shall be null and void.